Dhee Sankar

Calcutta: The girls took the centrestage in the under 13 category on the second day of the 18th State Age-Group Chess Championship being held at the Bhowanipur Gujarati Education Society here on Saturday.

After the completion of the third round, Mohona Sengupta and Sukanya Dutta jointly shared the lead with full points.

The day also witnessed some upsets, as top seed Abhratanu Dutta was held by Shaati Majumder in a long fought game, where both had two minor pieces in the end.

Fourth seed, Satyajit Kundu, too had to split points with Diptanu Das.

Earlier in Round II, second seed Bitan Banerjee was held by Dhee Sankar in a Nimzo-Indian defence. Bitan failed to capitalise on the isolated central pawn of Dhee and had to struggle to settle for a draw. Both the players finally agreed to call it a day in 37 moves.

Prantik Roy checkmated Rudra Pratap Adhikary in a mere 11 moves in the U-11 section, while Samrat Ghorai edged past Abhrapratim Manna in 66 moves in an English opening.

In the U-9 section Diptayan Ghosh upset Asian U-8 bronze medallist and top seed, Sayantan Das with the black pieces.

IMPORTANT RESULTS

Round II: U-7 ––– Sagnik Mitra (1) lost to Adhip Roy (2); Pushan Das Gupta(1) lost to Aritra Dalui; Sayantan Chandra (2) bt Aritrik Guha(1); Arka Narayan Ganguly (2) bt Sourasish Chatterjeee(1); Shreya Chakraborty(1) lost to Avigyan Das(2); Chandrayee Hazra (2) bt Sudarshan Mitra(1). U-9 –– Joydip Dutta (1) lost to Sayantan Das(2); Abhrajit Das(1) lost to Prithwi Sinha (2); Ritika Neogi (2) bt Abhishek Brahma(1); Rounak Basu(1) lost to Aditya Chakraborty(2); Ankit Basak(2) bt Sarbajit Choudhury(1). U-11 –– Koisore Roy (1) lost to Prantik Roy (2); Samrat Ghorai (2) bt Rourib Das (1); Agnihorti Ghosh (2) bt Rudra Nath Ghosh (1); Rudra Pratap Adhikary (2) bt Ambarish Manna (1); Ankan Saha (2) bt Sanjan De (1). U-13 –– Avirup Kar (1) lost to Abhratanu Dutta (2); Bitan Banerjee (1.5) drew Dhee Sankar (1.5); Satyajit Kundu (2) bt Sanmitra Guha (1); Mohona Sengupta (2) bt Shirsha Ghosh (1); Sayak Kr Dutta (1) lost to Sukanya Dutta (2);
Round III: U-7 ––– Adhip Roy (3) bt Chandreyee Hazra (2); Aritra Dolui (2) lost to Koustav Kundu (3); Suvradeepta Das (3) bt Arka Narayan Ganguly (2); Avigyan Das (3) bt Sayantan Chandra (2); Swastik Choubey (3) bt Dishan Barua(1.5). U-9 –– Sayantan Das (2) lost to Diptayan Ghosh(3); Aditya Chakraborty (2) lost to Prithwi Sinha (3); Supradeep Maiti (3) bt Ankit Basak (2); Basab Ghosh (2) lost to Ritika Neogi (3); Rahul Dev Das (2) lost to Sayan Majumder(3). U-11 ––– Prantik Roy (3) bt Rudra Pratap Adhikary (2); Abhropratim Manna (2) lost to Samrat Ghorai(3); Ayan Roy (2) lost to Agnihotri Ghosh (3); Debarshi Mukherjee (3) bt Ankan Saha (2); Swarup Dey Sarkar (3) bt Aritra Acharya (2). U-13 ––– Abhratanu Dutta (2.5) drew Shaati Majumder (2.5); Diptanu Das (2.5) drew Satyajit Kundu (2.5); Suneha Acharya (2) lost to Mohona Sengupta (3); Sukanya Dutta (3) bt Ananya Pal (2); Subhajyoti Saha (1.5) lost to Bitan Banerjee(2.5).